All Production & Trade articles – Page 1303
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Asda owners see festive fall
Asda supermarket chain owner Wal-Mart Stores Inc has revealed December sales were below analysts' forecasts and has slashed the company’s annual profit targets.
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ArticleAilimpo urges action on lemon returns
Spanish lemon association calls for government intervention to ensure growers receive fair returns that cover the cost of production
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ArticleBig chill causing major headaches
Unusually heavy snowfall has led to disruption for a number of transport and logistics operators as well as fresh produce traders
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ArticleCIA reports damage to Italian crops
Vegetable production hit by bad weather, but organisation slams speculative price increases on fresh fruit already harvested
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ArticlePoland boosts organic production
Organic farming in Poland has taken off in recent years and looks set to reach 500,000 ha by 2013
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ArticleCanaries tomato exports in decline
Producers in the Spanish islands have blamed a lack of support for the transport of products for a steady decline in tomato exports
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ArticleUS signals green light for Peru avocados
More than eight years after Peru’s request, the USDA has formally proposed granting entry to the South American country’s Hass avocados
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ArticleGood growth for Dutch trade
The country's fresh produce exports rose by 5 per cent to €9bn last year, according to Productshap Tuinbouw
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Fyffes seeking higher prices
Fyffes said on Wednesday it is looking for higher prices across all markets.
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ArticleMelon oversupply predicted for spring
A prolonged rainy season in Central America could lead to an oversupply of melons in March as growers work to make up the shortfall
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ArticleThanet Earth prepares for lift-off
Complex nears first phase completion, with pepper and tomato plants in and cucumbers due to be planted later this month
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ArticleArava region introduces quality mark
Five sweet pepper producers from Israel’s Arava region have come together to label their produce with a new regional trademark
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ArticleHortiberia achieves positive results
Spain’s Grupo Hortiberia has recorded “positive” results for the past 12 months and is confident of continuing this growth into 2009
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ArticleTotal Produce to close facility in UK
The company has announced that it expects to shut down its Norwich-based banana ripening and wholesale centre
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ArticleWeichert launches banana cartel appeal
The group has called on the European Court of First instance to annul the €14.7m fine imposed on it in October
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ArticleDirect Endives and Soleil du Nord unite
French chicory producer Direct Endives has joined producer organisation Soleil du Nord to create new company Endélis
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ArticleSainsbury's reports 'best-ever' Christmas
Sainsbury’s, the first of the major supermarkets to report its trading figures, is boasting of its ‘best-ever’ Christmas amid a sea of uncertainty in the retail industry.
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Malaysian project boosts fruit production
Malaysia hopes an agricultural project on its east coast will reduce the country’s reliance on fruit imports and boost its produce exports
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ArticleCA growers reel from poor returns
California’s stonefruit industry endured another season of poor returns in 2008 – its third in a row
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ArticleFyffes targets higher selling prices
Adjusted pre-tax earnings for 2008 set to be around €15m, reports company as costs continue to rise